As you may have noticed earlier this week we broke the exclusive news that Ed Force One, Iron Maidens Personal Boeing 747 is arriving to Cardiff Airport this evening. It’s due to arrive at 22:00hrs and is currently en-route from Sharjah. To help out all our fellow maiden fans who [read more]
In what must clearly be a candidate for the shortest 747 flight in history an Ex British Airways Boeing 747-400 took off from Cardiff Airport and landed at MOD St Athan. A total distance of 3.67miles as the crow flies. The ex BA bird reached the dizzying height of just [read more]
It’s official, Ed Force One, the Boeing 747-400 that Iron Maiden will be using on their Book of Souls World tour is coming to Cardiff Airport. The Boeing 747-400 belonging to Air Atlanta Icelandic is currently in Sharjah, UAE for maintenance and painting into its glorious Ed Force One colour [read more]
Thomson Holidays have confirmed they are adding a new charter flight to Tenerife from Cardiff Airport in 2016. The extra Tenerife flight will be operated by Low-Cost carrier, Norwegian. Norwegian recently signed an agreement with Thomson and First Choice (TUI Group) to operate chartered flights on their behalf. This will [read more]
Roger Lewis has marked his first 100 days in office by setting out the goals and plans for the Welsh hub in 2016 and beyond. The airport wich saw a 13% rise in passenger numbers in 2015 aims to build on that success with an additional 9% growth in 2016. [read more]
La-Chun Lindsay has been appointed as Managing Director of GE Aviation Wales following the departure of Mike Patton. Lindsay had previously run the assembly, test and overhaul division at GE Aviation’s Lynn site. She joined GE in 1997. Her role will to further develop the focus of the business in [read more]
British Airways (BA) Chairman Keith Williams today confirmed BA’s commitement to Wales by opening a new £3.3m Aerospace Centre in Treforest. During the ceremony he also confirmed that maintenance for BA’s new Boeing 787 dreamliner aircraft will be carried out at the British Airways Maintenance Cardiff (BAMC) facility. In the [read more]
This weekend will see 2 Quarter Final matches for the Rugby World Cup played in Cardiff. With Both France and Ireland in action Cardiff Airport will see a significant increase in traffic over the weekend with around 200 extra movements expected. In september Cardiff Airport saw passenger numbers increase by [read more]
Iron Maiden is flying a bunch of lucky fans out to Paris Beauvais (LFOB/BVA) today from Cardiff Airport (EGFF/CWL) on-board a chartered Boeing 737-400 (9H-VVB). The Flight, Maiden 666 which departs at 13:20 arrived earlier following a short hop from Cardiff Aviation’s MRO Facility at MOD Saint Athan to operate [read more]
The Dublin based low-cost carrier Ryanair has announced it will be offering 25 flights between Cardiff and Dublin during September and October 2015 to cater for the Rugby World Cup. The airline, which uses all Boeing 737-800 aircraft, currently flies weekly from Cardiff to Tenerife and the new route, albeit [read more]
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